Metallic railway tie and associated parts



Feb.'l0, 1931. c. s. DAVIS 2 METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND ASSOCIATED PARTSFiled March 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l 28 W5 55 J 2,5 2,6 M Iii-I.TJOberat'.

Feb. 10, 1931. Q c. s. DAVIS LT METALLIC RAILWAY TIEAND ASSOGi-MIEDPARTS Filed March 27, 1929 2 Smeo-srSheet 2 l 7 dzareizce af 'y 20 Z1Mm)! I 2 3 {a W Habemi Jain neg,

Patented Feb. 10, 1931 rarer-er ester; v

CLARENCE S. DAVIS, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAVIS METAL TIEdc RAIL CLAIVEP CORPQRATION, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A GORIORATIQN OF NEWYORK METALLIC RAILHAY TIE AND ASSOCIATED PARTS Application filed March27, 1929.

invention relates to metallic railway ties and associated parts, and hasfor 1ts ob jeet the provision of a metal tie having a rail seat, of adimension transversely, sulficient to provide the proper seating for arail resting thereon and a supporting base of v greater transversedimension than said rail seat so as to provide proper support for thetie upon the road bed; the combination of a rail eat of definitetransverse dimension and a wider supporting member enabling the rail tobe made comparatively light in weight without detracting from itssupporting qualities and rigidity. V

Another object of my invention is to provide a metallic tie having arail-seating member and a supporting member connected by a web andhaving the supporting member provided with anchors along its length,preferably disposed in planes at opposite sides of said web. I

Another object of my invention is the provision of new and novel meansfor securing the rails of a railway track to the ties; and to otherwiseimprove on metallic ties and railsecuring accessoriesthereto. a Theinvention consists in the novel features of construction and in thearrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described andmore particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a section of a railwaytrack showing a number of my improved ties supporting the rails thereon,and my improved securing means for securing the rails to said ties.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section through the track, taken online 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, taken on line 33, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section, taken on line 1-4, Fig. 2. i

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line 5-5, Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section through one of the ties taken on the sameplane as the metallic tie shown in Fig. 4:.

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective View of one end; of one of the splicemembers em- Serial No. 350,304.

ployed for securing adj acent ends of two rail sections together.

Fig. 8 1s a horizontal section taken on line 88, Fig. 4, looking in thedirection of the arrow crossing said line. Y I v Fig. 9 a detachedperspective view of one of the-wedging lock-pins.

Fi 10 is a perspective View showinga portion of my improved metallic tiea rail mounted thereon, a modified form of rail clamp, ano meansforsecuring said clamp to the tie in rail-retaining position.

11 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 10, showing a further modifiedform my invention.

Fig. 12 is a section taken on line 12-12, Fig.11.

Fig. 13 is a detached perspective view of one of the retainer yokesemployed in the several forms of my invention.

Reference being had to the drawings detail; 15 designates the metallicties which are of substantially I-formation, each tie compri'sing anupper, rail-seatihamember 16. a

CO1; 'aratively wide supporting member 1 pa'rallelwith saidrail-seatingmember. and central vertically-disposed web .18 connect ingthe members 16 and 17.

The rail-seating member 16 comprises" two flanges extending laterally inopposite directions from the upper edge of the vertical web 18..wh1lethe supporting member 1? consists of two somewhat wider flangesextendinc: laterally in opposite directions from the lower edge of saidweb.

. Through each of the flanges forming the supporting member 17. whichmay also be termeda rest, openings 19 are punched and the metal fromthese openings bentbut may be in the form of depending members on therest secured thereto by welding, riveting, or otherwise.

The ties are placed on or in the roadbed, and the anchors 20, 21 forcedinto the roadbed, serving to prevent lengthwise move ment of the ties,or movement transversely with respect to the direction of the tracksupported on the ties.

The rails of the track are designated by the numeral 22. and in Figs. 1and the abutting ends of two rail lengths or sections are shown. Theserail lengths or sections are connected together by my improved splicemembers 23. said splice members overlying adjacent ends of two sections.The rails. be tween the ends thereof. are connected to the ties by meansof clamp members 24. The sections of the rails abut over the center of atie and the splice members 23 are seated upon three ties bridging thespaces between said ties. Each splice member has an outer flat portion25 which lies upon three of the ties. as stated. and an inner portion 26conforming in shape to the web and flanae at each side of the rail 22.The inner portions 26 of said splice members bear against opposite sidesof the web of a. rail and against the two flanges thereof. the edges ofsaid flansl'es being in contact with shoulders 27 formed on theundersides of said splice members. These splice members are secured tothe rail in the usual manner by means of bolts 28 and nuts 29 applied tosaid bolts. and they are pro vided at their edges with angular retainerlugs 30. which are passed through openings 31 in the two flanges formingthe seat-inn? member 16 of each tie. The retainer lugs 31 are arrangedin pairs spaced at regular intervals along the splicing members. andtherefore determine the spacing of the ties on which said splicingmembers are seated.

In placing the splicing members in position on the ties, it is necessaryto enter the angular retainer lugs 30 through the openin as 31. afterwhich the splice members may be swung inwardly and downwardly aeainstthe web and flannes of the rail. This will bring the bolt holes in saidsplice members into registration with the usual elongated bolt holes inthe rail and permit the securing bolts 28 to be fastened thereto.

As is common in railway construction work of this kind, the nuts 29 bearagainst lock washers 32. which in turn are forced by the nuts 29 againstthe upstanding or wehbearing portions 33 forming part of the innerportions 26 of the splice members.

The ends of the angular retainer lugs 30 bear against the undersides ofthe, flanges forming the seating members of the ties, and they serve tofasten the splice members to the ties and prevent movement of the endsof the rail sections laterally. They also prevent movement of said endsin a vertical direction so long as the nuts 29 on the bolts are properlytightened. However, under continual use and heavy traiiic over therails, the vibration of the track structure, including the rails, theties, and the connecting mediums, will eventually cause the nuts tobecome loosened, and the retainer lugs at the outer edges of the splicemembers, when used alone to secure the splice members to the ties undersuch conditions, would be insuliicient to prevent slight verticalmovement of the rails on the ties, which would result in a slighttilting of the splice members with the angular retainer lugs as fulcrumsfor the same. To guaro against this, I employ retainer yokes oryoke-like fastener members 34L, which are constructed of bar material.Each yoke or fastener member comprises a horizontal portion 35 and twodepei'iding portions or legs 36 at opposite ends of the horizontalportion. Formed in each. of these legs is a key hole 37, the key hole inone of said legs being disposed in a lower plane than the key hole inthe other, and these key holes are preferably of oval formation withtheir greater dimension disposed in a vertical plane.

In the preferred form of my invention, the legs 36 of the fasteningmembers 3 1: are passed downwardly through openings 38 formed in theflat portions 25 of the splice members, and through registering openings39 in the opposite flanges of the seatingmember 16 of the tie. Thuspositioned, the horizontal portions 35 of said fastener members be ragainst the flat portions 25 of said splice members, and thesehorizontal portions are drawn down firmly and securely against said fiatportions by means of tapering or wedge lock keys #10 passed through thekey holes 37 in said fastener members and through an opening 41 in theweb of the tie 15 alined with said openings 37.

Each of said tapering or wedge lock keys 40 is round in cross section,and slit at its smaller end, as at 12. The lock keys are passed throughthe key holes 37 and the openings 41 in the web of the tie, and aredriven firmly in place so as to draw the fastener members .34; securelyagainst the upper surfaces of the flat portions 25 of the splicemembers. v

Where the flanges forming the seating member of a tie are graduallythickened from their outer edge toward the web 18, these flanges areroused out in any suitable man.- ner, as at 43, Jig. 6, so to providelong bearings for the lock keys, the gouged-out portions forming;continuations of the openings 41 in the webs of the ties. here however,tie is constructed of the cross section shown in Figs. 11 and 12, thegouging-out of the seating member of the tie is unnecessary, due to thefact that the flanges forming said seating member are of even thicknessfrom edge to edge of said member, and in such cases the opening 41 hasits highest point alined with the under surface of the seating member;thus giving the lock key bearing along its-full length. against theunder surface of said seating member. When the lock keys are driventightly into place, the end portions thereof at opposite sides of theslit 42 are bent ,t a rightangle to the length of the key. as as, thesebent portions being driven against the outer side of the leg 36 throughwhich the smaller end of the loclr lrey'prd iects; thus firmly securingthe fastener member 34- in the splice member and to the tie, withoutpossibility of movement under any vibration to which the track structuremay be subjected.

The clamp members 24. are used along the rail lengths or sections,between the splice members, four being employed for each tie, one ateach side of each rail. These clamp members differ from the splicemembers in that they are shorter, and may or may not have the webbearing members adapted to lie against the sides of the web of a'rail.In Fig. 2, the inner marginal portions of these clamp members-termina ebetweenxthe edges of the rail flanges and the rail web. and on astraight-lined portion of the track I deem it desirable to use railclamps of this kind. Clamp members provided with web-bearing portions 33are employed at the outer side of each rail when curved, but if desired,these clamping members be employed on both the outer and inner sides ofcurved rails, or generally along therails whether straight or curved. a

With my improved fastener means I do not consider it necessary to extendthe clamp members inwardly beyond a plane passing through each flange ofthe rail, as it s only necessary that the clamp members overlie theouter marginal portions of the flange. In preferred construction,tnese'clamp members are also provided-withshouldersEZ'Z to engage theouter edges of the flanges and with the retainer lugs- 30 which throughthe openings 31 in theties in thesame manner as the retainer lugs of thesplice members.

Like the splice members, the clamp members are provided with openings 88through which and the registering openings 39 in the seating members ofthe ties, the legs or depending portions 36 of the fastener members 34;are passed, and through the openings in these legs the lock keys d0 arepassed a. *l fastened in the same as those employed for securing thesplice members the ties. V

in the modification shown in 10, the fastener members 3% aresolely'relied upon to secure the clamp members to the ties, the angularretainer. lugs employed in the preferred construction, alreadydescribed, being dispensed with. Vhen so used, the openings 30 in theties are dispensed with, and this keys 4:0 are somewhat longer andpassed through the key holes 37 in said depending legs, andbear againstthe underside of the seating member along, its ;full width, especiallywhere said seating member is of even thickness from edge to edge, asshown in Fig- 12. The ends of the lock keys are bent over in the samemanner as in the preferr d construction.

By the use of this invention, all boltsare dispensed with, exceptingsuch as are passed through the upstanding or web bearing portions of thesplice members and the webs of two abutting rail sections; Fastenermeans of novel construction are also employed for splicing rail lengthsor sections together and for securing the rails to the ties between thespliced ends of the rail sections,which will not only assurea securefastening of the rails to the ties, capableof withstanding any jars towhich the track structure be subjected, regardless of the weight orspeed of moving loads passing over the same; but

which will provide splices at the ends of;

rail. sections suiiiciently rigid and secure to permit the bolts passingthrough the rails to be dispensed with. Such bolts are employed only forincreasing the marginlof safety and to strengthen the ends of the, railsections when provided with bolt holes, as they usually are. Thefastening means provided in conjunction with the tie construction shownand described, guards against spreading of the rails and preventsloosening of the fastening elements under the severest jarring to whichthe track structure may be subjected.

Having thus described my invention, what l'claimisP- j.

l. The combination with a metallic railway tie having a fiat seatingmember at its upper side upon which rails in spaced rela tion areplaced, of clamping members'lying on said'seating member at oppositesides of each rail and-having port-ions overlying the flanges ofsaidrails, fastener means bearing against the top of eachif said clampingmembers and havingp'ortions extending beneath the plane of said seatingmember pro vided with openings, and means underneath said seating memberentering. said openings to secure said fastener means securely in place..1

2. The combination with a metallic railway tie having a flat seatingmember at its upper side upon which rails in spaced relation are placed,said seating member having a pair of openings at each side of each rail,of clamping members at opposite sides of each rail lying on said seatingmember and having portions overlying the flanges of said rails, saidclamping members having openings there through registering with theopenings in said seating member, and fastenermembers each having aportion lying on each of said clamping members and depending portionsextending downwardly through the openings in said clamping member andthe openings in the seating member registering therewith, said dependingportions being provided with key holes, and lock keys passed throughsaid key holes underneath said seating member.

3. The combination of a metallic railway tie having a seating member, asupporting member spaced from and parallel with said seating member anda web connecting said seating member with said supporting memher, saidseating member having spaced rails lying thereon and having a pair ofopenings at each side of each rail and said web having openingstherethrough transversely alined with the pairs of openings in saidseating member, clamping members lying on said seatin member at oppositesides of each rail and having portions overlying the flanges of saidrail, said clamping membershaving openings therethrough registering withthe openings in said seatingmember, yokelike fastener members havinghorizontal portions iyin against said clamping members and depent ingportions passed throu'gh'the openings in saidclamping members and theopenings in said seating member registering therewith, said'dependingportions being provided with key holes, and a tapered lock pin passedthrough the key holes in the depending por tions of each fastener memberand through the opening in the web of said tie alined therewith, saidtapering pins being slit at their smallerends and having portions atopposite sides of said slit bent at right angles tothe in and againstthe depending portions 0 said fastener members.

4. The combination of aplurality of railway ties havin adjacent ends oftwo rail sections seated thereon, each railway tie having two spacedpairsof openings between which said rail sections are placed, splicemembers lying on said ties at opposite sides of said rail sectionsextending over the flanges of said rail sections and having web-bearingportions lying against opposite sides of the webs of said rail sections,each of said splice members having a plurality of pairs of openings,-each pair registering with a pair of openings in' one of saidties,-yoke-like fastener members having horizontal portions lyingagainst said splice members and depending portions passed through eachpair of openin s in said splice members and through the registerin pairof openings in said ties, said depending portions having key holes, andkeys passed through said key holes underneath fixed portions of saidties.

5. The combination of a plurality of ties, each having a flat seatingmember and a web extending downwardly from said flat seating member andprovided with spaced openings thcrethrough, the seating members of saidplurality of ties having adjacent end portions of two rail sectionsseated thereon and abutting centrally over one of said ties, the seatingmenber of each tie having a pair of openings transversely alined witheach opening in the web of the tie, splice members at each side of andextending over the end portions of said rail sections and having flatportions lying upon the seating members of said ties and portionsextending over the flanges of said rail sections and upwardly in contactwith opposite sides of the webs of said rail sections, each of saidsplice members having spaced pairs of openings registering with thepairs of openings in said seating member, bolts passed through theupwardly extending portions of said splice members and through the websof said rail sections, and fastener members having depending portionsextending through each pair of openings in said splice members andthrough the registering openings in the seating members of said ties,said depending portions having key holes, and tapered keys passedthrough the key holes in said depending portions and through theopenings in the webs of the ties.

6. Means for fastening a rail to a tie, comprising a railengaging memberadapted to lie upon a tie and engage the flange of a rail and having twospaced openings, a fastener member having a portion lying against saidrail-engaging member and portions at right angles thereto passed throughthe openings of said rail-engaging member and entering said tie, andmeans co-acting with said depending portions for drawing said fastenermember firmly against said rail-engaging member and for retaining thesame on said tie.

7. The combination of a tie having a comparatively thin upper railseating member across which a rail is laid and through which a pair ofopenings are formed, a rail-engaging member lying on. the seating memberof said tie and having a portion overlying the flange ofsaid rail andalso a pair of openings extending therethrough registering with theopenings in said seating member, a fastener member lying on saidrail-engaging member between the openings therein and ha 'mg dependingportions extending through said openings and through the openings insaid seating member, and means engaging said depending portionsunderneath said seating member for drawing said fastener member securelyagainst said railengaging member and for securing said fastener memberto the tie.

8. The combination of a tie having a comparatively thin rail seatingmember across which a rail is laid, said seating member having twospaced pairs of openings therein between which said rail is placed, arail-en gaging member at each side of said rail lying on said seatingmember and having a rail-engaging portion overlying a flange of saidrail and angular retainer lugs at its outer edge passed through a pairof openings in said seating member, a fastener member having a portionlying flatly against each rail-engaging member and depending portionsextending through the openings in said rail-engaging member and a pairof openings in said seating member, and a tapered key passed through thedepending portions of each oii' said fastener members and engaging theunder side of said seating member.

9. The combination of a metallic tie having a comparatively thin seatingmember provided with a pair of openings therethrough, a rail supportedby said tie, a railengaging member engaging said rail to hold the sameagainst said seating member and having angular retainer lugs passedthrough the openings in said seating member to fasten said rail-engagingmember to said rail, and other fastening means in a plane be tween saidangular lugs and the web of said rail serving to additionally fastensaid railengaging member to said tie, said other means includingfastening members, each having a portion lying against a rail-engagingmember and depending portions extending downwardly and provided withopenings and means entered in and extending from said openings engagingthe under side of said seating member.

10. The combination with a metallic railway tie having a fiat seatingmember at its upper side upon which a rail is adapt-ed to be placed anda web extending downwardly from said fiat seating member and providedwith spaced openings therethrough, of clamping members lying on saidseating member at opposite sides of said rail and having portionsoverlying the flanges of said rails, fastener means bearing against eachof said clamping members and having portions extending beneath the planeof said seating member provided with openings, and means underneath saidseating member passed through said openings and through the openings inthe web of the tie tosecure the fastener means securely in place.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

CLARENCE S. DAVIS.

